Consultations nationales pour la préparation de la Note de diagnostic pays du Gabon

Quoi ?        Consultations nationales pour la préparation de la note de diagnostic pays et examen du rapport d’achèvement du Document de stratégie pays 2016-2022 du Gabon
Qui ?          La Banque africaine de développement et le gouvernement de la République gabonaise
Quand ?     Du 21 au 24 juin 2022
Où ?           Hybride : en présentiel à Libreville et en visioconférence
 

North African conference on labor, entrepreneurship and MSMEs concludes with the "Rabat Declaration"

"The post-Covid-19 world is opening up new avenues and opportunities. All public and private actors have a role to play in making themselves even more accessible to entrepreneurs. This will only be possible if a new impetus is given to entrepreneurship and MSMEs, with a synergy of all programs, public and private, which will have to be scaled up, have greater capacity, and be seamlessly interwoven." This was the conclusion of a regional conference held on 7 and 8 June in Rabat, Morocco, on the future of labor and the role of entrepreneurship and MSMEs.,

Africa and the Caribbean to strengthen cooperation through their regional development banks (speech and video available)

Economic ties between Africa and the Caribbean took a strong upward turn this week as the regions’ premier financial institutions—the African Development Bank and the Caribbean Development Bank—came together to advance their collaboration with one another.
On Tuesday, African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina delivered the prestigious 22nd William G. Demas Memorial Lecture at the Caribbean Development Bank’s 52nd Annual Meeting in Providenciales, Turks & Caicos.

Burkina Faso : plus de dix mille nouvelles entreprises enregistrées grâce à un projet soutenu par la Banque africaine de développement

Le Projet d’appui à la transformation de l’économie et la création de l’emploi, mis en œuvre au Burkina Faso, entre 2014 et 2021, a permis d’augmenter l’enregistrement de nouvelles entreprises. Les nouvelles entreprises enregistrées sont passées de 1 021 en 2014 à 13 500 en 2021, grâce notamment à l'appui du projet aux Centres de gestion agréés de Ouagadougou et de Bobo-Dioulasso dans la sensibilisation sur l’importance de la formalisation des entreprises.

Gambia: African Development Bank strengthens health system to eradicate Covid-19 and ward off possible pandemics

Since 2020, the Multi-Country Covid-19 Crisis Response Program has strengthened the health system in Gambia. Significant health infrastructure has been built to contain possible waves of coronavirus infections and deal with potential communicable disease threats that could cause outbreaks in this West African country.
The $14.1 million in funding received for the project was split into two loans of $7.05 million each, one from the African Development Fund, the concessional funding arm of the African Development Bank Group, and the other from the Fragile States Facility.

African Development Bank names Jacques Edjangue as Acting Vice President, People and Talent Management Complex

The African Development Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Jacques Edjangue as Acting Vice President, People and Talent Management Complex, effective 20th June 2022.
Edjangue, a Cameroonian national, is currently Acting Director of the Human Resources Management Department, and also Director of the Language Services Department. A thought leader, Jacques has broad and diverse experience within the African Development Bank.

Egypt and the African Development Bank discuss Africa’s climate agenda ahead of crucial ‘African COP’

Egypt will host a critical meeting in September aimed at rallying African leaders for a single voice on Nationally Determined Contributions to cut emissions and adapt to climate change ahead of the world’s premier climate conference, COP27. Egypt will host COP 27 this November.,